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Suu Kyi calls for release of Pussy Riot singers

AFP – Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called for the release “as soon as possible” of punk band Pussy Riot — whose members are jailed in Russia — during an Amnesty International event. The opposition lawmaker is currently visiting the United States.

President Obama Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi

The White House

Yesterday, President Obama met with Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Nobel Laureate and leader of the National League for Democracy Party. The President expressed his admiration for her courage, determination and personal sacrifice in championing democracy and human rights over the years.

According to a readout of the meeting, President Obama reaffirmed the determination of the United States to support the “sustained efforts to promote political and economic reforms and to ensure full protection of the fundamental rights of the Burmese people,” a process that offers them “the opportunity to take charge of their destiny and to shape a more peaceful, free, and prosperous future.”

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President Obama met today with Burmese Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and expressed his admiration for her courage, determination and personal sacrifice in championing democracy and human rights over the years. The President welcomed Burma’s democratic transition and the recent progress made by Aung San Suu Kyi, as leader of the National League for Democracy Party, working together with President Thein Sein. The President reaffirmed the determination of the United States to support their sustained efforts to promote political and economic reforms and to ensure full protection of the fundamental rights of the Burmese people. The President expressed his conviction that the ongoing process of reconciliation and reform offers the people of that nation the opportunity to take charge of their destiny and to shape a more peaceful, free, and prosperous future.

From https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/20/president-obama-meets-aung-san-suu-kyi